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Military service
Service number:
23193
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
March 23, 1892
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
December 18, 1914
Sling Plantation, Salisbury Pl, United Kingdom
Death:
September 5, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George E. Turner of St. John's, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private Alfred William Turner
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Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 12th Bn CEF. Private Turner was a member of the 12th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Service Record
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
Digital gallery of
Private Alfred William Turner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 175 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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